saupz — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:52:58 +0000

mysql is a really great application. eventhough it small application compare with orecle but it still compatable to most end-user to use it. and it simple to apply

FinalMjolnir666 — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 22:44:20 +0000

http://www.mysql.com has a great MySQL/PHP 'Build Your Own Database Driven Database' thing in their documentation section. That's how I mainly learned how to used MySQL.

zollet — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 20:42:49 +0000

http://www.phpbuilder.com/ has some good tutorials (a.k.a. articles).

DaWebMan18 — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 18:11:28 +0000

ok, thanks everyone, so my next question is gonna be, where can i start with php tutorials. besides php.net, i got that from the previous posts!

ROB — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 10:52:25 +0000

to answer your question, you *can* use SQL alone but only to issue commands directly to your database, or some enterprise databases support a advanced SQL scripting language, but when it comes to the web, no you cant just use SQL. SQL is just a means to get data from a database, you need something to request, recieve, process and display that data. PHP should be your next stop.

dk01 — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:22:53 +0000

An excellent tutorial if you haven't got a clue:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/programming/php/tutorials/tutorial4.html
-dk

nike_guy_man — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 21:08:18 +0000

You could use PHP with MySQL
It all depends on what type of SQL you are using
MySQL and PHP are free and easy to use
One correction from Zollet:
http://www.php.net/mysql_quert should be http://www.php.net/mysql_query
PHP is very well documented at php.net and if you can't find it there, find it here!

zollet — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 17:18:21 +0000

It depends on your needs. If you have a website and you want to get/save info from/to a database then you'll need to use a server-side language (PHP, Perl/CGI, ASP, etc). However, you could for example log into your Linux server via Telnet/SSH and there connect to the MySQL server and type SQL commands.

And yes, IMHO PHP is a very good choice.

Here are some related PHP MySQL functions...
- http://www.php.net/mysql_connect
- http://www.php.net/mysql_select_db
- http://www.php.net/mysql_quert
- http://www.php.net/mysql_close